Books
/ Media
Find
books / media at Northwest Vista College and other ACCD colleges.
You can check out books, CDs and videos / DVDs.They are all located
in the west wing of the library.
You will need your student ID or a valid picture ID in order to
check out materials. Library
Catalog [ Search
Tips ]
Search the NVC catalog for books, ebooks,
CDs, and DVDs or search the collections of all ACCD libraries.
Other
Options
WorldCat
Search the collections of libraries world-wide -- about 52,000,000
books. Ask a librarian for help in ordering materials.
Online
Databases - Find Articles
The online databases
give you access to thousands of scholarly journals, magazines,
newspapers and materials from books. Use your original
PALS username and password to log in to the databases
from off campus.
[
Off-Campus Access Tutorial ]
Academic
OneFile - is
the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text
articles from the world's leading journals
and reference sources. With extensive coverage
of the physical sciences, technology, medicine,
social sciences, the arts, theology, literature
and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both
authoritative and comprehensive. With millions
of articles available in both PDF and HTML
full-text with no restrictions, researchers
are able to find accurate information quickly.
Academic
Search Complete
- contains full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more
than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. This scholarly collection
offers information in computer sciences, engineering, physics,
chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature,
medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. For
search tips, click on the Help link in the right corner.
CQ
Researcher - Covers current events.
A printout of the ten-year index is available
at the reference desk.
Facts.com - a broad database that brings together several
reference sources: World News Digest, Facts
on File, Reuters news (for the most recent
2 weeks), the World Almanac, Issues and Controversies
and Today's Science.
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center - provides
information on social issues. Access viewpoint
articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary
documents, links to websites, and full-text
magazine and newspaper articles.
Student
Research Center - A search interface
designed specifically for secondary school
students according to their needs and search
abilities. Users can easily pre-determine
which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers,
Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video)
will be included with their search or search
databases through topic headings. For search tips, click on the Help link in
the right corner.
Web
Sites
CyberEconomics
EconData
Economic Research
Economagic:
economic time series page
Economic Policy Institute
History of Economic
Thought
Market Watch
Statistical
Abstracts
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